Tag: live show

  • How to Win Over a Lame Crowd

    How to Win Over a Lame Crowd

    No performer is immune from an occasional bad night or bad crowd. Here are some surefire ways to get your audience engaged and excited from the stage.

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  • How to Sell Merch and Music at Shows Without Being ‘Sales-y’

    How to Sell Merch and Music at Shows Without Being ‘Sales-y’

    A quick and handy guide for making the most out of every merch table sales opportunity, and how to not let the myths of selling get in your way.

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  • The Defining Characteristics of the Perfect Support Set

    The Defining Characteristics of the Perfect Support Set

    Invited to play on a bigger stage, opening for a bigger band? Here’s a guide to help you nail that support set to keep them coming back!

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  • How to Make Your Live Show More Interesting

    How to Make Your Live Show More Interesting

    We spoke to NYC bands Pinc Louds and The Living Strange about how they’re able to create some of the most exciting, innovative live music performances ever!

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  • 6 Tips for Finding Your Ideal Venues on Tour

    6 Tips for Finding Your Ideal Venues on Tour

    Culled from our free online course on tour booking, promotion and management, this video explores tips on how to find the best venues for your music.

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  • How to Decide What to Charge for Your Next Gig

    How to Decide What to Charge for Your Next Gig

    + Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. One of the first financial decisions you’ll make as a band is how much to charge for your gigs. And while I’d like to say that setting…

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  • How to Get Through a Show When Everything Goes Wrong

    How to Get Through a Show When Everything Goes Wrong

    When your live show truly starts to go off the rails, remember these words of advice, and turn the gig around to finish strong.

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  • How to Tame Your Nerves Before a Big Show

    How to Tame Your Nerves Before a Big Show

    After working hard to create meaningful music, it can be incredibly exciting when your band starts to get opportunities like opening up big shows. But, unfortunately, the thought of playing to a packed crowd often comes hand in hand with debilitating performance anxiety for some people, including everyone from members of newer, inexperienced bands to…

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  • Opening Band Etiquette

    Opening Band Etiquette

    I’m currently reading Meet Me in the Bathroom, an excellent oral history of the rock and roll resurgence in NYC at the turn of the century, written by Lizzy Goodman. Aside from the havoc that existed then, as the swan song of the “glory days of the music industry” was playing out and my own nostalgia…

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  • Mars Dixon of Aye Nako on the Omnipresence of a Rubber Spider

    Mars Dixon of Aye Nako on the Omnipresence of a Rubber Spider

    Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. “Our songs are just a little more intricate than the typical picture that comes…

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